Show-rack



(No Model.)

T. R. BOONE` SHOW RACK.

No. 451,911. Patented May 12, 18911.

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THOMAS R. BOONE, OF ROCHESTER, NEV YORK.

SHOW- RACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 451,91 1, dated May 12, 1891.

Application filed May 1, 1890.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, THOMAS R. BOONE, of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Show-Racks, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and shown in the accompanying drawings.

My invention is an improved display rack or stand, more particularly for tailors use,

- but useful to display various kinds of goods,

the same being hereinafter fully described, and more particularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure l is a front elevation of my improved display-rack; Fig. 2, a top View ofthe same, parts shown .in various positions by full and dotted lines;

Fig. 3, a plan of one of the disks; Fig. 4, a section of the same taken on the dotted line xin Fig. 3; and Fig. 5, a modification of parts of the device, Figs. 2 to 5, inclusive, being drawn to a scale larger than that of Fig. l. Fig. 6 shows the device drawn to a small scale, several being arranged in ashowcase.

Referring to the parts, a is a vertical supporting-standard for the parts, it being preferablya brass tube, nickel-plated, held in a pedestal A, or a hole in the door.

b are vertical side rails or bars held to turn independently in a'horizontal direction upon the standard a. These side rails may be two, four, or six in number, or more, if necessary, generally arranged with one-half of the number on either side of the standard, as shown. The side rails are secured, respectively, to similar disks c d c, &c.,by fasteners t. These disks may be grouped near the top and the bottom of the standard, respectively, as shown in Fig. 1that is to say, the side rail at the left and nearest the observer, for instance, in Fig. 2, is secured to the two disks cc. The side rail nearest the observer at the right of the standard is secured to the disks d d, the next side rail at the left being held by the disks e e, dac., so that each side rail may be turned upon the standard independently of the others. The disks, which are preferably made of wood, are each provided withametal ring k at its center to bear upon the standard, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, there being a col` Serial No. 350,157. (No model.)

lar Z provided beneath each disk, made rigid with the standard byabiuding-screw or similar means. These disks and collars together form durable wearing-surfaces for the moving parts. The side rails are provided with horizontal supporting rods or arms n, upon which to hang the pantaloons or other articles to be displayed.

0 is a mirror, made rigid with the standard a between the groups of disks, outside of which the side rails turn.

B is a show-case, or it may be a show-window, ornamented to taste7 containing a number of the display-racks to be used in exhibiting goods of any kind.

The device as shown in Figs. l and 2 will hold eighteen pairs of pantaloons, for 1nstance, any six of which may be shown at once, three on either side of the standard.

Regarding the operation of the device, the side rail b at the left of the standard, for 1nstance, and nearest the observer in ',Fig. 2, may be swung around in the direction lndicated by the arrow e to the right side of the standard to uncover the goods held by the next or middle side rail. The latter may be also lin turn similarly swung to the right to display the goods held by thc last or farther side rail. In a similar manner the side rails at the right vof the standard may be successively swung to the left, so as to bring into view successively, in lots of three, all the pantaloons or goods held at the right side of the standard. When necessary, all the side rails may be hunched or swung around 1n rear of the mirror, as indicated by arrows y y, (shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2,) so that all the goods may be brought together and covered by a sheet of clot-h or other covering to protect them during the operation of sweeping or dusting the room or apartment containing the show-rack.

The construction of the device is such that when two or more of the side rails are brought together, or when the whole of them are hunched, the arms a are all parallel with each other, none being radial with reference to the axis of the standard a, clearly shown in Fig. 2; or, in other words, the axes of the arms, if extended, would pass at the side of the axis of the standard. This manner of holding the arms admits of the goods held by ICO them being closely packed or massed at the rearof the device, so that the least extent of surface of the cloth is exposed to catch the dust.

Instead of disks c d, &c., for holding the side rails, curved armsp p p maybe employed, as shown in Fig. 5, this being a matter of taste in the matter of construction.

In some cases side rails at the outer ends of the rods n may be employed, as shown by dotted lines r in Fig. l. These are useful, more particularly when heavy goods are placed upon the show-rack.

By the use of this device different priced or lines of goods may be displayed in a show- Window on the .street on succeeding days, without disturbing any of the articles from their restingplaces on the arms of the device, by simply turning the various side rails from side to side, as above described.

Vhat I claim as my invention isl. A display-rack consisting` of a central supporting-standard and vertical side rails held by said standard, having horizontal arms rigid with said side rails, the latter being movable upon the standard and independent of each other, substantially as described.

2. A display-rack having a central supporting-standard and vertical side rails held by said standard to swing around the axis thereof, the said rails being provided with rigid horizontal arms n, not radial with said standard, but having their axial lines at one side or the other of the axis of the standard, for the purpose set forth.

3. A display-rack consisting of a central supporting-standard with parallel side rails held to turn independently thereon by means of disks held near the upper and lower parts, respectively, of said standard, and collars beneath each disk rigid with the standard, said disks being each provided with a metallic ring to bear upon said standard and upon said respective collars, said side rails being provided with horizontal arms, substantially as shown and described.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand, this 25th day of April, 1890, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

` THOMAS R. BOONE.

-Witnesses:

E. B. WHITMORE, M. L. McDERMoTT. 

